# 消費者安全法 / Consumer Safety Act — 第十八条 (Article 18)

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- Law: 消費者安全法 (Consumer Safety Act), 平成二十一年法律第五十号
- English title "Consumer Safety Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第十八条 (Article 18)（組織） — address `art-18`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-18
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-18
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### 第十八条（組織） — (Structure)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-18</sup>

  **第一項**  調査委員会は、委員七人以内で組織する。
  <sup>art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-18/par-1</sup>
  The Investigation Commission comprises a maximum of seven members.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  調査委員会に、特別の事項を調査審議させるため必要があるときは、臨時委員を置くことができる。
  <sup>art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-18/par-2</sup>
  Temporary members may be appointed to the Investigation Commission if it is necessary to appoint the members in order to have them investigate and deliberate on a particular matter.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  調査委員会に、専門の事項を調査させるため必要があるときは、専門委員を置くことができる。
  <sup>art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-18/par-3</sup>
  Expert members may be appointed to the Investigation Commission if it is necessary to appoint these members in order to have them investigate a specialized matter.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 消費者安全法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/421AC0000000050/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-11-01
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Consumer Safety Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2887/tb), retrieved 2026-11-01
- This site's parser, version 219 — 消費者安全法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-01